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Labor force, 86 -92

citizen, 88 -89

female, 198 -201

green-card, 89 -91

at Miracle Vegetable Co., 139 -142

recruitment and organization of, 54 -56

undocumented, 91 -92

Labor markets, 15 -18, 20

agricultural, 43 -45, 48

dual, 15 , 16 , 41 -42

internal, 15 -16

neoclassical economic approaches, 41 -42

segmented, 14 , 16 -20

structured and unstructured, 43 -49 passim

Labor process, 20 -26

Marxian theories of, 20 -26, 209 -213

gender and, 171 -172

in lettuce harvesting, 1 -2, 4 -5, 92 -94, 171 -172, 178 -181 passim

and systems of managerial control, 23 -24.

See also Crews

Wrapping machines

Labor supply, 48 -50

in agriculture, 52 -77 passim

employer control over, 62 -64

political constraints on 67 -68.

See also Bracero programs

Labor markets

Undocumented workers

Lettuce, 4

contract production, 82 -83

distribution of, 80

landownership in, 85

producers of, 81 -83

production history of, 86 -87

structure of industry, 80 -86


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